I just found it odd that when 90% of the population has them that so many people on here would think that they are the plague.
LOL.
There are different strains of the herpes virus. Just because you have had a cold sore does not mean you have genital herpes. It's a different thing.
There are also other conditions such as mouth ulcers, etc that are not caused by a virus at all, and she may have had that.